MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for April 21st 2018
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Saturday, April 21st 2018 - 07:42 UTC
Irish border remains stumbling block in Brexit negotiations
Fresh doubts have been raised over Theresa May’s hopes for a deal on future relations with Europe, after reports that her proposals for the Irish border have been comprehensively rejected in Brussels. One report of a meeting this week between Britain’s lead negotiator Olly Robbins and senior EU officials suggested that the Prime Minister’s plans for avoiding a hard border with the Republic were subjected to “a systematic and forensic annihilation”.
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Saturday, April 21st 2018 - 07:12 UTC
King-in-waiting confirmed as the next head of the Commonwealth
Prince Charles has spent a lifetime waiting to be king. On Friday the 69-year-old heir to the British throne got another position to wait for — he was approved as the next head of the Commonwealth made up of the U.K. and the countries that once were its colonies.
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Saturday, April 21st 2018 - 06:57 UTC
What is Earth Day, and what is it meant to accomplish?
A message from Earth Network president, Kathleen Rogers - Close to 48 years ago, on 22 April 1970, millions of people took to the streets to protest the negative impacts of 150 years of industrial development.
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Saturday, April 21st 2018 - 06:31 UTC
Unasur under pressure: six nations, including Brazil and Argentina, suspend their memberships
Half of the nations belonging to Unasur, a South American bloc set up a decade ago to counter U.S. sway in the region, have decided to suspend their membership, a Brazilian official announced on Friday.
